Hello everyone, I have approx. 50 existing virtual servers on Big-IP LTM. I need to create an exact copy of each virtual server but with different virtual-server's IP. creating 50 copies from GUI seems very difficult and tedious task. so I wanted to ask if there is a better way to duplicate the virtual servers.One of the possible options I can think of is using CLI. capture the existing configuration of virtual-server by running 'list ltm virtual <virtual-server-name>', change the IP and push it back via CLI. I have never done before so not sure if it is safe to use CLI for such bulk configuration changes? If anyone knows a useful KB, document, please let me know. Thanks all,

Hi,You can use an scf backup and load it via the cli.save /sys config file my-scf no-passphraseLook for it in /var/local/scfLoading it back after the modifiations:load sys config from-terminal merge verify or load /sys config merge file <filename> verify if it runs without errors load sys config from-terminal merge or load /sys config merge file <filename> save sys confighttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K13408https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K81271448Cheers,Kees

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